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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
<!ENTITY infocenter "<application
>KInfoCenter</application
>">
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<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"
> <!-- change language only here -->
]>

<book lang="&language;">
<bookinfo>
<title
>The &infocenter;</title>

<authorgroup>
<author
><firstname
>Michael</firstname
> <surname
>McBride</surname
> <affiliation
><address
><email
>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email
></address
></affiliation>
</author>
</authorgroup>

<date
>2002-07-03</date>
<releaseinfo
>3.10.00</releaseinfo>

<abstract>
<para
>This documentation describes &kde;'s information centre.</para>
</abstract>

<keywordset>
<keyword
>KDE</keyword>
<keyword
>kinfocenter</keyword>
<keyword
>system</keyword>
<keyword
>information</keyword>
<keyword
>module</keyword>
</keywordset>

</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction">
<title
>The &infocenter;</title>

<para
>The &infocenter; (from now on referred to simply as <quote
>the information centre</quote
>) provides you with a centralised and convenient overview of your &kde; and system settings. </para>

<para
>The information centre is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information centre organises all of these programs into a convenient location. </para>

</chapter>

<chapter id="info-center">
<title
>Using The &infocenter;</title>

<para
>This next section details the use of the information centre itself. For information on individual modules, please see <link linkend="module"
>Info Centre Modules</link
> </para>

<sect1 id="information-center-starting">
<title
>Starting the &infocenter;</title>

<para
>The &infocenter; can be started 3 ways: </para>

<orderedlist
> 
<listitem>
<para
>By selecting <menuchoice
><guimenu
>K Button</guimenu
><guisubmenu
>System</guisubmenu
><guimenuitem
>Info Centre</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
> from the &kde; Panel. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
>By pressing <keycombo action="simul"
>&Alt;<keycap
>F2</keycap
></keycombo
>. </para>

<para
>This will bring up a dialogue box. Type <userinput
><command
>kinfocenter</command
></userinput
>, and click <guibutton
>Run</guibutton
> or press <keycap
>Enter</keycap
>. </para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para
>You can type <command
>kinfocenter &amp;</command
> at any command prompt. </para>
</listitem
> 
</orderedlist
> 

<para
>All three of these methods are equivalent, and produce the same result. </para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="information-center-screen"
> 
<title
>The &infocenter; Screen</title>

<para
>When you start the information centre, you are presented with a window, which can be divided into 3 functional parts. </para>

<para
>Across the top is a menubar. The menubar will provide you with quick access to most of &infocenter;'s features. The menus are detailed in <link linkend="info-center-menus"
>The &kde; Info Centre Menus</link
>. </para>

<para
>Along the left hand side, is a column. This is a where you choose which module to investigate. You can learn how to navigate through the modules in the section called <link linkend="module-intro"
>Navigating Modules</link
>. </para>

<para
>The main panel shows you some system information. </para>

<!-- 
<para>
In this example, we are running &kde; 2.99, we started &infocenter;
as user <systemitem class="username"
>adridg</systemitem
>, the computer is
named <systemitem class="systemname"
>aramis</systemitem
>, it is a
FreeBSD system, Version 4.4-RELEASE, on a Pentium.
</para
> -->

</sect1>

<sect1 id="info-center-menus">
<title
>The &infocenter; Menus</title>

<para
>This next section gives you a brief description of what each menu item does. </para>

<sect2 id="info-center-menu-file">
<title
><guimenu
>File</guimenu
> Menu</title>

<para
>The <guimenu
>File</guimenu
> menu has a single entry. </para>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term
><menuchoice
><shortcut
> <keycombo action="simul"
>&Ctrl;<keycap
>Q</keycap
></keycombo
> </shortcut
> <guimenu
>File</guimenu
> <guimenuitem
>Quit</guimenuitem
> </menuchoice
></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<action
>Closes the info centre.</action>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="info-center-menu-help">
<title
><guimenu
>Help</guimenu
> Menu</title>
&help.menu.documentation; </sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="info-center-exiting">
<title
>Exiting The &kde; Information Centre</title>

<para
>You can exit the info centre one of three ways: </para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para
>Select <menuchoice
><guimenu
>File</guimenu
> <guimenuitem
>Quit</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
> from the menu bar. </para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para
>Type <keycombo action="simul"
>&Ctrl;<keycap
>Q</keycap
></keycombo
> on the keyboard. </para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para
>Click on the <guiicon
>Close</guiicon
> button on the frame surrounding the info centre. </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

</chapter>

<!--*****************************************************************-->

<chapter id="module">
<title
>The &infocenter; Modules</title>

<sect1 id="module-intro">
<title
>Navigating Modules</title>

<para
>This is a list of the <emphasis
>standard</emphasis
> configuration modules (sorted by category) provided by the <application role="package"
>&kde; base</application
> package. Please note that there may be many more modules on your system if you have installed additional software. </para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/blockdev/index.html"
>Block Devices</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/dma/index.html"
>DMA-Channels</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/devices/index.html"
>Devices</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/ioports/index.html"
>IO-Ports</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/interrupts/index.html"
>Interrupts</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/memory/index.html"
>Memory</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/nics/index.html"
>Network Interfaces</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pci/index.html"
>PCI</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pcmcia/index.html"
>PCMCIA</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/partitions/index.html"
>Partitions</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/processor/index.html"
>Processor</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/scsi/index.html"
>SCSI</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/sambastatus/index.html"
>Samba Status</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/sound/index.html"
>Sound</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/usb/index.html"
>USB Devices</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para
><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/xserver/index.html"
>X-Server</ulink
></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

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</chapter>

<chapter id="credits">
<title
>Credits and Licence</title>

<para
>&infocenter;</para>
<para
>Program copyright 1997-2001 The &infocenter; Developers</para>
<para
>Contributors:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem
><para
>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email
>hoelzer@kde.org</email
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Matthias Elter <email
>elter@kde.org</email
></para
></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para
>Documentation <trademark class="copyright"
>copyright 2000 Michael McBride</trademark
> <email
>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email
></para>

<para
>Contributors:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem
><para
>Paul Campbell <email
>paul@taniwha.com</email
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Helge Deller <email
>deller@kde.org</email
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Mark Donohoe </para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Pat Dowler</para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Duncan Haldane <email
>duncan@kde.org</email
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Steffen Hansen <email
>stefh@mip.ou.dk</email
>.</para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email
>hoelzer@kde.org</email
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Martin Jones <email
>mjones@kde.org</email
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Jost Schenck <email
>jost@schenck.de</email
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Jonathan Singer <email
>jsinger@leeta.net</email
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Thomas Tanghus <email
>tanghus@earthling.net</email
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Krishna Tateneni <email
>tateneni@pluto.njcc.com
></email
></para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Ellis Whitehead <email
>ewhitehe@uni-freiburg.de</email
></para
></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para
>Conversion to British English: Malcolm Hunter <email
>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
></para
> 
&underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter>

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